"IRONHEART: It Starts With A Spark" [fan film project]

​This short film follows Riri Williams, a 15-year-old engineering student who started attending M.I.T. on scholarship who designs and builds a suit of armor similar to that of a famous Avenger! [Run Time: 18.5mins]

Riri Williams (Ironheart) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She acheived genius-level intellect by the time she was 15 years old. She is also a skilled inventor and engineer.

Riri Williams made her first appearance in The Invincible Iron Man Vol. 2 #10 (cover dated May 2016) as part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel and was created by Brian Michael Bendis and designed by Stefano Caselli. Her first appearance was in Invincible Iron Man volume 7 #7, written by Bendis and drawn by Mike Deodato.Source: Wikapedia

​I think representation is extremely important. I don’t see it as some forced notion of diversity, but rather as an accurate depiction of the world we live in. If you went by what we see with most forms of media, you would think the world was made up of a majority of straight, white, men and that’s just not true. I think characters like Riri help to bring balance to a really unbalanced medium. My hope is that with Riri carrying the mantle of “Iron Man”—or Ironheart—fanboys who may not have ever thought to pick up a book starring a young black woman will perhaps reconsider, and learn that characters that look like them do not need to be the focus for a story to be good or relatable—a truth that those of us who are under-represented have known for a long time.​- Ariell Johnson [Owner of Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse in Philadelphia, PA]

"IronHeart: It Starts With A Spark" is a fan-made, non profit, live action, film.The IronHeart and Riri Williams characters are the intellectual property of Marvel Comics.